What are MRSA signs in infants?
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are bacteria that can cause skin infection and other parts of the body. It can be serious or deadly for those who have compromised immune systems such as small children and children, and are resistant to many antibiotics that are currently used to treat bacteria. Symptoms of MRSA in infants include fever and boiling, wound or skin infections that do not heal during normal treatment. MRSA can compromise almost every system of the body, and a child infected with MRSA bacteria can represent a number of symptoms common with any bacterial disease. General pain and lethargy, cough and breathing problems are all possible MRSA symptoms in infants.
The first sign of MRSA in infants is often pimples that resemble insects and include drainage or pus. The abolition, pain or tenderness often accompanies pain or ulcers, and a fever can also be recorded. Impetigo, common skin disease in infants, can also cause bacteriaEMI MRSA. Symptoms of the impetigo include blisters filled with liquid, which are most often found in the area of diapers, buttocks and faces. When a child or child has a skin infection, rash or defect that does not respond to treatment, the child's caregiver should consult a doctor.
Like most other bacteria causing diseases, MRSA can also infect blood or various organs of the body. MRSA inside the body is usually more dangerous than skin infections and a child with internal MRSA infection could be affected by various symptoms. For example, lung infections are likely to lead to pneumonia, cough and shortness of breath. Other general symptoms of MRSA include fever, trembling, chills, lethargy and pain. If MRSA bacteria cause sepsis, blood infections, the child can show abnormal heart rate and the number of white blood cells, fast, rapid, shallow breathing and reduced consciousness.
A large part of MRSA infections come from the hospital. FROMThis is important to consider the effects of MRSA on hospitalized children. Serious or premature children are generally treated in the neonatal units of intensive care (NICU). If the test results show that the child in the unit is colonized by MRSA bacteria, further measures should be taken to prevent the outbreak of MRSA in infants. Nurses, doctors and possible family members will have to take other preventive measures such as wearing dresses and gloves when in contact with an infant, and the right hand washing procedures are paramount.